in all things, who knowest what is best for me, and who, I trust, will not lay upon me more than thou wilt enable me to bear.

O Lord; be thou graciously pleased to proportion thy strength to my weakness; and when pains and sorrows have taken hold on me, leave me not under them, I beseech thee, but save and deliver me for thy mercy's sake; and as I have hitherto experienced thy fatherly. goodness in every state and condition of my life, so let me still find the continuance of it, to carry me through all the troubles and uneasinesses of this life, and more particularly to enable me to go through the time of my travail, which is now drawing near at hand.

O Lord, pardon those sins that have made me unworthy of thy care, and deal not with me as I have deserved, but according to thy mercy and the merits of thy dear Son Jesus Christ the Righteous; to whom, with thee, O Father, and the blessed Spirit, be all honour, glory, power, thanksgiving, and praise, both now and for evermore. Amen.

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SAVE, Lord, and hear me, O King of heaven! now I call upon thee in this time of my trouble.

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Be not thou far from me, O Lord; thou art my succour, haste thee to help me.

Oh! remember not my sins and offences; but according to thy mercy think thou upon me, O Lord, for thy goodness.

The sorrows of my heart are enlarged; oh! bring thou me out of my troubles.

Look upon my adversity and misery, and forgive me all my sins; that I may show the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

O hide not thou thy face from me; nor cast thy servant away in displeasure. Thou hast been my succour; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving kindness is comfortable; turn thee unto me, according to the multitude of thy mercies.

Thou art my helper and Redeemer, make no long tarrying, O my God; nor suffer me to sink under the burden of my pains.

O my soul, wait thou still upon God, for my hope is in him.

In God is my health and my glory, the rock of my might; and in God is trust.

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Oh! be thou my help in this time of my trouble; for without thee, vain is the help of man.

me; as thou usest to be unto those that love thy name.

O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me; make haste, O Lord, to help me.

A Prayer to be used by a Husband, or other Friend, in private, for a Woman in Labour, and which, by changing I for We, may be used by the Friends of the Woman in her presence.

O GOD, our refuge and strength, I fly unto thee for succour in behalf of thy servant, now labouring under the pains and anguish of child-birth. Shorten her sorrows, increase her patience, and lay not more upon her than thou wilt enable her to bear.

O hear her prayers, and let her crying come unto thee; forsake her not, I beseech thee, when her strength faileth: give her a humble trust and confidence in thy goodness; and oh! let her find that the supports and comforts of thy Holy Spirit far exceed the pains that she is now to go through.

Give her quiet submission to thy blessed will, and in thy good time send her ease and deliverance. Preserve that infant which now struggles for its birth; and (if it be thy good pleasure) make her speedily a joyful mother

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O Lord, I leave her in thy hands, and resign her to thy will; humbly beseeching thee to deal graciously with her; through the merits and for the sake of thy dear Son, and our alone Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

A Thanksgiving to be said in the presence of the Woman after her Delivery, which may be used for some time afterwards.

O FATHER of mercies, and God of all comfort, we thy unworthy servants do now present ourselves before thee, to return unto thy Divine Majesty our most humble and unfeigned thanks, for that thou hast vouchsafed to deliver thy servant from the great pain and peril of child-birth. Blessed be thy name, O Lord, that thou hast turned her sorrow into joy, and her pains into ease and refreshments; continue, we beseech thee, thy fatherly goodness to her; let thy good providence still watch over her, and thy strength support her under all the weaknesses of her present condition.

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that thou mayst still delight over us to do us good; and that we, serving thee faithfully all our days, may at last obtain that greatest of all mercies, the eternal salvation of our immortal souls, through the merits of thy Son, and our alone Saviour Jesus Christ.

We commend likewise to This is to be added if thy mercy and goodness this the child is living. tender infant; preserve it, that it may be regenerated and born again by baptism; that as it is thine by creation, so it may thereby be made thine by adoption and grace.

Sanctify it, we humbly pray thee, and take it into thy protection, and so fill it with the graces of thy holy Spirit, that it may be of the number of thy faithful servants, through Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and only Saviour. Amen.

A Thanksgiving to be used by a Woman in private, before her going abroad.

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, in whom I live, and move, and have my being; by thee I have been preserved ever since I was born, and to thy infinite goodness I acknowledge it to be owing, that I am now alive. I desire, O Lord, to adore and praise thy glorious Majesty, for the many mercies and favours which thou hast bestowed on me all my life